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Sivastotravali of Utpaladeva
Sivastotravali is a collection of hymns dedicated to Lord Siva by Acarya Utpaladeva, a great Saivite master intensely in love with Lord Siva and earnestly craving to be one with Him. The book comprises 450 verses arranged in twenty chapters. Each verse is soaked in the nectar of his intense devotion for the Lord and extreme craving for God-consciousness. The book represents his direct and uninhibited one-way dialogue with Lord Siva, projecting his problems, one at a time and seeking His indulgence in getting over these.
SI-YU-KI
The reader who looks into the pages of this book will find ample material for study on some important questions; the different manners and customs of separate people, the various products of the different soils and the diverse class divisions of the society; when Buddhism flourished and when Buddhism declined as also how the devoted pilgrims encountered the perils of travel in foreign and distant lands and endured sufferings by desert, mountain and sea.
The Indian Craftsman
This book The Indian Craftsman, by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy is a study of the second type of genius, the Indian Craftsman. The author has treated his subject from three points of view : the village, the town and the palace or temple, i.e. where the craftsman lived, worked and had their patrons. He has also minutely examined how the caste system, religion and the guild set up standards of quality and enforced their strict adherence.
The Vibrating Universe
The Vibrating Universe synthesizes the superstring theory of modern physics and the vibration concept of Advaita Vedanta and Kashmiri Saivism. The Philosophical problem of monism versus pluralism, as given in Indian philosophy, Western philosophy and classical as well as modern science, has been analytically presented. In this attempt, dualism and pluralism have been rejected, and non-dualism has been re-established.
Ramayana
'' To say Ramayana is one of the great epics of India may be a misleading understatement, for it is of far greater importance to India than the Greek epics are to Western thought....Buck has succceeded better than anyone elese in conveying the spirit of the original. '' ''For the purposes of the general reader, the biik is flawless: a marvelous tale, told with allan the elan of a Tolkein, charmingly but unobtrusively illustrated, and with an introduction by a prominent Sanskritist. ''
The Abhijnanasakuntalam of Kalidasa
Devimahatmyam
The Devimahatmya addresses the perennial questions of the nature of the universe, humankind, and divinity. Written in the form of a narrative of a dispossessed king, a merchant betrayed by the family he loves, and a seer, it presents a trilogy of myths concerning the all powerful Divine Mother, Durga, and the fierce battles she wages against throngs of demonic foes. These allegories represent our all-too-human impulses toward power, possessions, and pleasure.
The Sacred Marriage of A Hindu Goddess
Moving beyond traditional understanding of the catagory of ''sacred marriage'' derived from studies of the ancient Near East, Harman reveals that sacred marriage in India functions as a devotional metaphor for Hindu devotees, a way understanding how deities act toward one another and toward who worship them. Combining sdystematic textual study with descriptive fieldwork, Harman offers us an original and perceptive exploration of the relationship between the human and the divine in Hindu life.
The Mrichchhakatika of Sudraka
Edited with the Commentary of Prithvidhara (enlarged where necessary), Various Readings, A Literal English translation, Notes, and an exhaustive Intrduction. No apology is needed for this neew edition of the Mrichchhakatika, as there is at present no suitable edition available which satisfies the needs of the University students, who have often to study this play for their examination.
नंद -मौर्य युगीन भारत
प्रस्तुत पुस्तक अंग्रेजी भाषा में लिखित "ऐज ऑफ़ दि नन्दाज एंड मौर्याज " का हिंदी रूपांतरण है. मूल पुस्तक के संपादक प्रसिद्ध इतिहासवेत्ता आचार्य श्री नीलकंठ शास्त्री है जिन्होंने संपादन-कार्य के साथ-साथ इस ग्रन्थ के पांच अध्याय भी लिखे है. अन्य अध्यायों की रचना में सर्वश्री हेमचन्द्रराय चौधरी, जितेन्द्रनाथ बनर्जी, उपेन्द्रनाथ घोषाल, प्रबोधचंद्र बाग्ची , सुनिटिकुमार चटर्जी, वी राघवन, निहाररंजन रॉय इन आचार्यों के योगदान मिलता है.
Rasa in Aesthetics
The Indian tradition of criticism is over two millennia. And its rasa theory has, from the begining, essentially influenced authors, connoisseurs and art critics alike. First expounded sometime between the 1st century BC and the 4th century AD in the eminet aesthetician, Bharata's Natyasastra, rasa theory deals with the 'emotive content' of a work of art- how it is depicted, inferred and transmitted. Dr. Patnaik's book is a unique effort that demonstrates, with diverse examples, the universality of this ancient theory and its applicability to modern Western classics.
Suryasiddhanta
The real history of indian astronomy begins from the period of the Suryasiddhanta which is the only earliest full-fledged text on astronomy now extant. The copious work which India produced on the subject of astronomy in the later periods follows the system of the Suryasiddanta in all essential aspects.